During her modeling career, Mariana Renata has walked on the Paris, Sydney, Milan and New York fashion
runways, and has become a model for numerous global brands In addition to modelling career, Mariana Renata has appeared in several music videos. In 2003, Dantec was featured in the Asian-market version of
Josh Groban's ''
She's Out of My Life and Indonesian-market version of Filipino band Rivermaya Balisong''
music videos. In 2005, Mariana Renata landed her first film, taking a supporting role in
Joko Anwar's
romantic comedy Janji Joni. The film was screening at the 2005
Tokyo International Film Festival. She won
Most Favorite Supporting Actress at the
MTV Indonesia Movie Awards for her first performance in the film. Dantec next appeared as a
cameo in the 2006 television series
Dunia Tanpa Koma. Mariana Renata then took a break from acting to finish her
master's degree at the
University of New South Wales. After she graduated in 2010, Dantec settled in Australia and traveled to
Central American countries for a year. Since 2011, has been residing in New York City where she is represented by
Wilhelmina Models and Innovative Artists
modeling agencies. The film was screened at the 2013
Locarno Film Festival, as well. In January 2014, Mariana Renata became the guest judge in
Asia's Next Top Model Season 2 where she was also introduced as the face of TRESemmé for
South-east Asia region. The following year, Mariana Renata for the third time acted opposite Nicholas Saputra in
LINE's
web series Nic And Mar. A story about rekindled lovers, it was released in March 2015 and aired weekly on Thursday and Friday through Line Story official account. In 2016, Mariana Renata participated in the
International Labour Organization's campaign in promoting voluntary counselling and
HIV testing for workers. She joined other artists and athletes around the world in the ILO's “Voice of the Voiceless” initiative to give voice to people living with
HIV/AIDS who are not able to tell their own stories. In the campaign video, Mariana Renata lent her voice for the real-life story of Yohana, a plantation worker from Indonesia who found out she was
HIV positive after getting tested at work. Mariana Renata's participation in this initiative was
pro-bono. She noted, "Many people living with HIV have no access to information and to care as well as treatment. Even in many countries they lose their rights to employment". ==Personal life==